Hi,
I had some pathology done, and it clearly concerned my specialist but I'm not entirely sure I understand it. My lymphocytes are normal 2.4x10*9/L (range 1.0-4.0) but the proportions are off: CD3 is 84 (range 60-82); CD4 is 29 (range 34-55); CD8 is 51 (range 19-42); and CD56 is 25 (range 1-15). Neutrophils were 5.3 (range 1.8-7.7) monocytes 0.6 (range 0.1 - 0.8) eosinophils 0.3 ( <0.6) and basophils 0.1 (<0.3). So it would seem, from what I have been able to work out, or think I have, that my immune system is normally active but killing infected cells rather than using antibodies etc.
I know from http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...lls-perforin-and-glutathione-depletion.17603/ that people with CFS tend to have less effective CD8s and CD56s and was thinking that that could be the cause, but I can also see that other people have generally reported high CD4/CD8 ratios.
Does anyone have any ideas or, better still, knowledge?
Thanks
I had some pathology done, and it clearly concerned my specialist but I'm not entirely sure I understand it. My lymphocytes are normal 2.4x10*9/L (range 1.0-4.0) but the proportions are off: CD3 is 84 (range 60-82); CD4 is 29 (range 34-55); CD8 is 51 (range 19-42); and CD56 is 25 (range 1-15). Neutrophils were 5.3 (range 1.8-7.7) monocytes 0.6 (range 0.1 - 0.8) eosinophils 0.3 ( <0.6) and basophils 0.1 (<0.3). So it would seem, from what I have been able to work out, or think I have, that my immune system is normally active but killing infected cells rather than using antibodies etc.
I know from http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...lls-perforin-and-glutathione-depletion.17603/ that people with CFS tend to have less effective CD8s and CD56s and was thinking that that could be the cause, but I can also see that other people have generally reported high CD4/CD8 ratios.
Does anyone have any ideas or, better still, knowledge?
Thanks